Visual Arts Residencies at Banff Centre: Fall 2022 / Winter 2023

I sing of the sea I am mermaid of the trees, Ayesha Hameed, 2021 (detail) courtesy the artist.

TWO NEW IN-PERSON PROGRAMS OPEN FOR APPLICATION

Explore new directions in your work with international faculty and artists. Be inspired by our studio spaces and facilities in an unrivalled natural environment.

The Weapon of Theory as a Conference of Birds
In-person program
November 7 – December 9, 2022
Application deadline: August 10, 2022

Co-led by Ayesha Hameed and Xenia Benivolski with guest faculty Kite and Jota Mombaça, this visual arts residency welcomes artists who are interested in exploring music, language and rhythm as they affect the geological, bio-political, and the mnemonic through media, performance, language, and writing.

The Weapon of Theory as a Conference of Birds will examine artistic practices exploring melody, language, migration, acoustics, musicology, acoustemology, cross-species communication, soundscapes, the body, and sonar/radar activity as ways to evaluate histories of change, violence, membership and resistance in the world.

This residency is for visual artists with an exhibition/publication record who have completed formal training in visual arts at the post-secondary level, or who have equivalent experience and recognition from their peers.

Please visit the program page for more information and to apply.

Emerging Banff Artist in Residence 2023
In-person program
February 21 – March 24, 2023
Application deadline: October 5, 2022

Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) Emerging is an immersive program of studio practice, creative exploration, and mentorship for visual artists of all ages in the early stages of their careers. Faculty for the 2023 edition of this program include Luke Parnell, Curtis Talwst Santiago and Anna Schneider.

BAiR Emerging combines the artistic freedom of a self-directed residency with the supportive benefits of an organized program. As well as having the space to create, research, and experiment, participants are part of a community of emerging artists committed to developing and expanding their practice.

Over a period of five weeks, participants will have opportunities to hone their individual practice, present work to their peers, engage in discussion and critique, learn from demonstrations in various visual art production techniques, and further develop the professional skills needed to support and sustain their practice. Artists will benefit from the insight provided by guest faculty through studio visits, lectures, and workshops.

Knowledgeable staff will be on hand to offer demonstrations, technical support, and provide access to facilities in photography, sculpture, printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, textiles, and digital technology.

This residency is for emerging artists who have completed university level training in visual arts (preferably within the last five years), or with equivalent experience and recognition from their peers.

Please visit the program page for more information and to apply.

EXHIBITION

The Shape of an Echo: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Walter Phillips Gallery, May 6 – December 4, 2022

Left: Jin-me Yoon, Souvenirs of the Self (Lake Louise) (1996). Transmounted C-print. Collection of Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Accession #P96 0102 P. Right: Duncan Darroch, Lake O’Hara (1928). Oil on canvas. Collection of Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Accession #P81 0332 A.

The Shape of an Echo: Selections from the Permanent Collection assembles works from the 1920s to present that centre on questions of land and its representations, primarily focused on artists’ engagements with Banff National Park. Taking inspiration from Rebecca Belmore’s seminal work, Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-mowan: Speaking to Their Mother (1991), the exhibition invites consideration of how the experience of an echo through repetition and reflection can allow one to situate themselves in relation to land. Moving between image, object, and sound, the selection of works are also intended to open readings of potential echoes within and across the collection; be they between the work of faculty and student; made in response to another’s artistic legacy; or which take the form of an instruction that invites re-performance, creating future iterations through its design. Finally, The Shape of an Echo reflects a number of curatorial echoes that recall past exhibitions at Walter Phillips Gallery and at other institutions in Canada.

The exhibition is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Outstanding Artist Program.

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